Portland school shows appreciation for crossing guard [Video]

NONPROFITS, BOOSTER CLUBS AND OTHERS THAT RELY ON THE EVENT TO FUNDRAISE. FOR SOME STUDENTS IN PORTLAND, TODAY IS KNOWN AS DANNY DAY. IT’S AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION FOR AN EAST END COMMUNITY SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD. JACOB MURPHY WENT TO CHECK OUT THE CELEBRATIONS. NATS SWATHS OF BUBBLES AND LAUGHS. DANNY LOWE WAS GREETED WITH THE SAME PEOPLE HE’S HELPED CROSS THE STREET FOR YEARS. “IT’S BEEN WONDERFUL, AND NOW THAT THEY’VE CREATED THIS DANNY DAY HOLIDAY IT MAKES ME FEEL VERY APPRECIATED.” THIS IS DANNY’S NINTH YEAR AS A CROSSING GUARD. THREE YEARS AGO, THE SCHOOL DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GIVE BACK TO HIM. “WE REALIZED HE NEEDED SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, HE’S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCHOOL DAY FOR CHILDREN, SO WE STARTED BY DECORATING THE DAY BEFORE, THE KIDS COME AND WE DECORATE THE CROSSWALK, AND THEN ON THE MORNING OF WE DO THE BUBBLES AND THE MUSIC” …